Holloway's delight at amazing Jamie

Ian Holloway must be a shoo-in for the Championship's Manager of the Month award after masterminding Queens Park Rangers' fifth successive league win.

With his job on the line at the start of September, the Rangers is now basking in the glory of fourth place following last night's 4-1 win over Coventry.

Jamie Cureton, who had previously not scored since March in the league, emulated Wayne Rooney with a memorable hattrick, while Paul Furlong maintained his excellent start to the season with the other goal.

Holloway said: "It was fantastic. It's a very exciting league with slick movement and interpassing and our boys are coping with it really well. This was a huge game for us after the euphoria of Saturday's win against Leicester, but our performance was even more polished.

"I certainly had my heart on my sleeve at 2-1 because our players looked fatigued and though our attack is good we still look like letting in goals.

"The supporters have been magnificent as well. To hear them singing 'Rangers are back' was just fantastic."

Holloway was also delighted for Cureton whose form has been patchy since joining from Reading last year. The Rangers manager said: "Jamie is amazing, if I was a manager of a Premier League club I would have him with me because he can turn the game on its head.

"He needed a goal and look what happened after he got his first. He missed one early on and I gave him a wink to let him know I was still backing him."

Traffic chaos in west London meant the game was delayed 15 minutes but for Rangers fans it was worth the wait as their team made it seven goals in their last two matches at Loftus Road.

Cureton had already had three good chances to open the scoring before he finally broke the deadlock on 32 minutes. Marc Bircham threaded a ball through and the former Bristol Rovers striker broke clear to drive a low shot home.

Coventry missed several chances and they were made to pay four minutes before halftime when QPR scored their second. Former Liverpool defender Steve Staunton failed to control a high ball and Cureton was first to react, thumping in a superb volley from an acute angle.

Coventry forced their way back into the game four minutes after the break when Graham Barrett let fly from 25 yards beating a flailing Chris Day.

The third goal came in the 74th minute as Furlong beat his man and slipped the ball into the path of Cureton, who coolly slotted the home. Kevin McLeod then crossed for Furlong to head his eighth goal of the season in added time.